The book A Syllabus of Modern History was written by author Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes Here you can read free online of A Syllabus of Modern History book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is A Syllabus of Modern History a good or bad book?
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The Industrial Revolution. Mechanical Inventions. A. Machinery for spinning and weaving. Hargreaves and the spinning jenny (1767). Crompton and the spinning mule (1779). Arkwright, the father of the factory system. Cartwright and the power loom (1787). Whitney and the cotton gin (1792). B. The steam engine. Early attempts. James Watt (1736-1819). Its adaptations: Fulton's steamboat (i8og) ; Stephen- son's locomotive (1825) ; London Times printing press (1814) ; etc. C. Use of electricity. Morse...'s electric telegraph (1844). The telephone (1876). Wireless telegraphy (1907). R. and B. II, 30-44, 318-327; Cheyney, Indus- trial History, 203-212. The Factory System. A. Effect upon production. The new wealth : capitalism. Expansion of commerce and industry. B. Effect upon .society. The capitalist. The wage-earner. The new problems. C. The attitude of government. The era of repression. The era of non-interference : laissez-faire and the theories of Adam Smith ; individualism and '"liberty." R.
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